How does a smart person get smarter? It’s not an easy question to answer. For questions like this, you will be tempted to take an “escape from it” approach by saying that “smartness” cannot be defined in absolute terms so it is a waste of time. Worse yet, you can take the approach of saying… Continue reading
Date Archives → April 2011
Why Many Smart People Fail to Make a Good First Impression
You would have observed this in your own life. You are meeting someone for the first time. You have heard from your friends that the person you are going to meet is very smart. You Googled this person and learned a bit more. You go to the meeting with high expectations. The meeting is great… Continue reading
How to Play Tennis With Your Hands Tied: The New Workforce Dilemma
Have you tried playing Tennis with your hands tied? How about trying to play tennis with your hands tied in the back? I have not tried it but it must be pretty hard. Should you still do it? How about if you are forced to do it? Would that make it any easier? Probably not…. Continue reading
Creating a social object – ZooZoo Characters!
If you are following Indian Premier League (IPL) you might have heard about ZooZoo characters. In fact, you might be looking forward to the commercials that are featuring them. People young and old are fascinated by these cute little characters. Merchandise (Mugs, T-Shirts and Keychains to start with) are hot – showing the power of… Continue reading
Featured in “Top 150 Management and Leaderhip Blogs” – the entire list
This list is from last year. Honored to be featured here (#8) and also super happy to discover all other wonderful people featured here. This list was compiled by author and blogger Jurgen Appelo (original post) Please take a look and you might discover several new blogs for your reading list: TT Site Author Twitter… Continue reading